The conditional party mandate: A model for the study of mass and elite opinion patterns

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-318

  Valen, Henry ^a   Narud, Hanne Marthe ^b  

^a Institute for Social Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 34247637244     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2007.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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